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Galactic cosmic rays at 0.7 A.U. with Venus Express housekeeping data

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We apply a previously developed procedure to characterize galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) at 0.7 A.U. with engineering data coming from the Venus Express mission. The engineering parameters are the Error Detection and Correction EDAC cumulative counters, used for detection and correction of memory errors induced by highly energetic particles. It has already been demonstrated that the slope of this counter measures GCR fluxes using data from Mars Express (1.5 A.U.) and Rosetta (up to 4 A.U.) data. Here, we reproduce these methods using Venus Express EDAC data in order to understand the behaviour of GCRs closer to the Sun. We again witness the anti-correlation of EDAC slope with the solar activity and further investigate this procedure. The resulting time-lag between maximum sunspot number and minimum GCRs intensity at Venus is close to one day instead of the expected several months. This work represents one of the first characterization of galactic cosmic rays at small distances to the Sun over a long period of time and further cements the value of using EDAC counters as scientific information.
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insu-04477627 , version 1 (26-02-2024)

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Thomas Rimbot, Olivier Witasse, Marco Pinto, Elise Wright Knutsen, Beatriz Sanchez-Cano, et al.. Galactic cosmic rays at 0.7 A.U. with Venus Express housekeeping data. Planetary and Space Science, 2024, 242, pp.105867. ⟨10.1016/j.pss.2024.105867⟩. ⟨insu-04477627⟩
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